Joe Wilson and Valerie Plame have run into a bit of bad luck in their lawsuit against Dick Cheney, Scooter Libby, Karl Rove, and ten random Republicans. CQ reader Denis K took a peek at the complaint and noticed something that I had missed earlier -- the judge assigned to the case. Wilson and Plame drew Judge John D. Bates -- and a quick glance at his rulings will no doubt have the Left fuming.

Val and Joe have a website so you can 'contribute' and pay their legal/living expenses.

This is outrageous! People who ask for help with legal expenses are defending themselves against a lawsuit or criminal charges, not people who initiate a civil lawsuit. What are they going to do, pay everyone who contributes a share of the winnings?

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posted on 07/15/2006 6:42:47 AM PDT
by sportutegrl
(A person is a person, no matter how small. (Dr. Seuss))

So, Mr. President, the truth is Joe Wilson did not expose the Administration; in fact, he has been exposed as a liar.

He misrepresented the findings of his trip to Niger, he fabricated stories about recognizing forgeries he never saw, he falsely accused the White House of manipulating intelligence, and he misrepresented his wifes role in promoting him for the mission.

Joe Wilsons false claims have been exposed, but the networks arent rushing to correct the story. Will NBC correct the 40 times it ran Wilsons claims, will CBS correct the 30 times it ran Wilsons claims, will ABC correct the 18 times it ran Wilsons claims?

"I'm hoping I get on a junk mail mailing list with lots of prepaid mailing envelopes. I have got it down to a science on packing those envelopes with as much scrap paper as possible and sending back...

LOL...I am a retired stockbroker. Back in the early '80s, before the regulators made it virtually impossible to make a positive statement about an investment, I acquired new clients through direct mail with postage paid return postcards.

Some unknown person got a cardboard box, filled it with rotten lemons, probably from an orchard here in SoCal, taped my return postcard to the box and took it to the postoffice and mailed it to me.

I forget what it cost me but it was a few dollars...

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posted on 07/15/2006 7:43:19 AM PDT
by Positive
(Nothing is sadder than to see a beautiful theory murdered by a gang of brutal facts.)

I think the Plame/Wilson lawsuit is a wonderful thing. It can't get in the courthouse soon enough. Getting those two lying traitors on the witness stand is going to be fun. The old axiom that "if you tell the truth, you don't have to remember what you said" is going to come into play big-time. They won't be able to write their answers down or mail them in.

No. Better that Fitzgerald is shamed into dropping the indictment against Libby -- and I've heard there's a good chance of that.

Sorry for poor Libby and his family to have to go through this absurd ordeal, of course. But our lying MSM would make such hay of a presidential pardon for Libby that in the long run, it would be bad for him as well for the whole country.

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posted on 07/15/2006 3:07:07 PM PDT
by shhrubbery!
(Max Boot: Joe Wilson has sold more whoppers than Burger King)

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